Lucky duck pulled from rubble 5 days after Ecuador quake

PEDERNALES, Ecuador – Rescuers searching through quake-collapsed buildings in Ecuador have found an unusual survivor: A flapping duck that had been buried under a pile of rubble.

The white-and-brown duck has become an instant social media celebrity in a country eager any good news five days after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake flattened large swaths of the country and killed more than 500.

Firefighters were searching for survivors in the ruins of a collapsed structure in the coastal city of Pedernales when they pulled the animal free on Wednesday. Rescuers grinned and cheered as the duck flapped its wings.